Quicklink: Google+ is just a Trojan horse #nymwars
Google wants to be an identity management gatekeeper, and all those arguments about “real names” being more trustworthy are not just wrongheaded as many of us already knew, but are a disingenuous sham.
The Global Village still has idiots
WA’s Attorney General wants to give parents legal rights over their children’s Facebook pages. Miranda Devine, in her typically careful way with words, describes social media as “barbarism, unleashing the worst elements of human nature, with no restraints” and quotes [...]
Gay Syrian activist girl revealed as married American man
Thomas MacMaster endangered the safety of real Syrian activitists who were agitating for her release. His fictions now cast doubt on the writings of a whole range of other Middle Eastern activist bloggers writing in English.
Comments Policy clarification
By LP Administrator on July 1, 2009
There seems to have been a little confusion lately as to what is the proper netiquette for our traditional LP pseudonym play, especially for those who do not have gravatars and for whatever reason do not wish to register one [...]
Posted in Administration | Tagged comments policy, consistent online identity, netiquette, pseudonyms